Ex-guard jailed after faked shooting

A former security guard who reported being shot at in Santee in early April was jailed Friday, accused of firing the shots himself and then lying on a police report.

Lance Wright, 22, was arrested at his Lakeside home and booked on suspicion of felony vandalism, shooting at an unoccupied vehicle and filing the false report, sheriff’s Sgt. Scott Enyeart said.

Enyeart said Wright told investigators he wanted to quit his security job and didn’t know how.

Wright reported to the Sheriff’s Department on April 5 that someone in a red vehicle had flashed headlights at him, then fired at his Bravo 3 Security company car on Woodside Avenue. One round hit the car’s windshield.

Wright said he returned fire and may have hit the other vehicle.

Five days later, he went to the Santee Sheriff’s Station and told authorities he’d made up the story. He said he wanted out of the security business and didn’t know how to quit the job, Enyeart said.